Asymmetric Jihad
Rabi-ul-Awwal 21, 1432 A.H, Friday, February 25, 2011
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We were born and raised in the sphere of
struggle. Also grappling with the great ambition of achieving
victory, in the name of the establishment of the Shari'ah of
Allah. So he becomes the only Dzat that is
worshipped. No other dzat becomes His ally. But when
we spread out the battle map suddenly the feeling of
inferiority and the lack of self confidence appeared. Can the
enemy that is already so well established and strong be
defeated?
I do not want to first talk about the intervention from
“heaven”, that the promise of Nubuwat (prophethood)
is surely true, it is a fixed price of iman. That is
the transcendent sphere. I want to talk about our rationality
as human beings. Created with all kinds of advantages and
shortcomings all at once. It is natural that the feeling of
inferiority later appears like that. Seeing the strong enemy
forces, economic system, social culture… as if all aspects of
life are already in their tight handgrip.
However, the inferiority is never-ending if we always think of
the pattern of a symmetrical struggle. There are 100 of the
enemies, there also have to be 100 of us. They who have have
such a number of combat aircrafts, missiles and advanced
weapons, must also be faced with equal weapons in the same
number. Yeah.. where is the end? The friends at HTI (Hizbut
Tahrir Indonesia) may answer it with the concept of
Thalabun Nusrah. Yeah, those who have power must be
prolestyzed with da'wah so that they would want to
carry out iqomatuddien (establishment of religion)…
However, Abu Mush'ab As-Suri have another concept, he may be
able to answer the question, "If all are about symmetry, when
it's going to end?" There is one pattern of resistance that is
asymmetrical. For example: Who does not know the air force
superiority of America. Even the smallest black ants that
enter the Pentagon can be detected by their radar, so it was
said. But all that superiority was totally paralyzed on 11th
September 2001. Enough by capitalizing on rough and minimal
equipments, then directing commercial aircraft which carried
passengers to attack the targets. In fact, it could even
change history!
That's one example of an asymmetrical resistance. Exploiting
the loopholes of the opponent's weaknesses, to then pass on
the curve and cut in the crease. Initially, I just approximate
how it relates with the concept of asymmetry. It seems like a
simplification. Everything can be handled only with a
short-cut, without the need to build adequate strength
exhaustively. So I remember the path chosen by some friends
i.e. "the main thing is jihad, amaliyat and die
shaheed. Fullstop!" Then, what do we want after
achieving victory if we also do not think of the concept of
“development"?
"Oh, no!" my friend said in an evening discussion.
According to him, the concept of asymmetry precisely needs
excellent labour forces. Champions in every field of
specialization. It's not as simple. Therefore, its
preparations must be mature and serious. Well, those
individuals who were to be groomed are champions for sure. I
paused long enough and contemplated. Ok, ok… didn't Sergey
Glazunov, who got rewarded hundreds of millions of rupiah
from Google due to finding the weakness of Google Chrome, have
to first mess up that application? Meaning, it will not be
possible to know the weaknesses of a system if we do not
understand well in advance the A-Z of that system.
I remembered Mohammad Atta, one of the “champions” of 911
(purposely used that quotation marks, in case there are people
who are not too happy with his choice of amaliyat :)). It was
said that he is a well educated man in the field of aviation.
So for a great action, it turned out that it also need a great
capital. An asymmetry, even if it seems like cutting corners,
needs a process that is not easy, because what's needed are
special winners. Will the jihad movements in Indonesia have a
vision to be the crater of candradimuka (a fabled
crater from which infants immediately emerge as strong,
trained and agile adults) which gives birth to those
champions? Wallahu a'lam.
"Alumni Ngruki"
Submitted by a Mujahid